This (link to pdf below) is a brilliant short story "There will come soft rains" by Ray Bradbury, set on 4-5 August 2026. To be read alongside @doctorow.pluralistic.net 's "Masque of the Red Death" - around technology, what outlives us, what matters... www.btboces.org/Downloads/7_...

Check out @progressivemass.bsky.social's voter guide for the ballot questions this November. 🗳️🗳️🗳️🗳️ #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026-ballot-...

So far only one Maine outlet seems to be shining a light on this weekend's revelation that Susan Collins was caught on tape telling an anti-abortion Mainer she would vote for Kavanaugh again if she had the chance. Maybe everybody else slept in this morning? #MEpolitics

Democrats Continue to Hammer Collins on Kavanaugh Vote | Newsradio WGAN

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We disgrace ourselves as a nation each and every day Donald Trump remains in office. The drafters of the United States Constitution provided a remedy for a criminally insane president like the one we have—impeachment and removal ...

Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic. For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.

Politico@politico.com · 3d ago

Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.

💯 I would be fascinated to see results and cross tabs of a poll that asked… If your child wants to play youth sports, would you rather they: A) have a trans teammate; or B) be forced to show their genitals to an adult?

Me: The new agent harness is great. You feed your tokens into the machine. Then you run simulations which, if successful, produces tickets. If they fail you have to buy more tokens and keep running the sims. Once you have enough tickets you can redeem them Boss: are you at dave & busters, yes or no

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Does everyone here know that @craigbrittain.com, who is currently masquerading as an anti-MAGA warrior, was fined in 2016 for operating a revenge porn website? A *lot* of y’all follow him. ⚠️ Marked as unsafe. ⚠️ www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

This New York Times article, which ran a week before Christmas last year, didn’t get the attention it deserved. It detailed Trump and Epstein's predatory behavior toward women – “a game of ego and dominance” in which “female bodies were currency.” Here’s a gift link and a thread. 1/6🧵

‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women (Gift Article)

The president has tried to minimize their friendship, but documents and interviews reveal an intense and complicated relationship. Chasing women was a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were cur...

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Just saw Every Brilliant Thing. Amazing. Once again I really miss living close to Broadway But I’m grateful to be close enough to visit.

Watching the 2002 Spider-Man with 10yo 10yo: is that the Brooklyn bridge? Me: no it’s the bridge next to the Roosevelt island tram. (Looks it up) Queensboro bridge. 10yo: uh oh it’s the trolley decision! Me: where’d you hear about the trolley decision? (also: how did I not think of that before?)

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The NRA wants to repeal the 2024 comprehensive gun violence prevention law we worked so hard to pass, and we are not going to let them. Help us spread the word about this campaign, and if you live in MA make sure you Vote Yes on 9 for a Safe Massachusetts! 3/3

Not enough Democrats have enough spine to do this But I’d love to see everyone calling the COVID vaccine “the Biden vaccine” I just want to see Trump’s reaction And keep saying “Biden’s vaccine” I want that meltdown from Trump

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

There are apparently 12 different outbreaks of cyclospora, botulism, e. coli, etc! www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...

FDA Lists 12 Ongoing Foodborne Outbreaks — 4 Cyclospora, 3 Salmonella

The U.S. FDA now lists 12 different ongoing food-borne illness outbreaks including Cyclospora and Salmonella ones with the sources of eight still “Not Yet Identified."

forbes.com

Big part of the problem is a *lot* of people conceiving their participation in public life as some form of noblesse oblige rather than an obligation shared among equals.

Every so often I teach someone how to spin yarn on a spindle. And I always tell them that the first yarn you make will not be good yarn, and it's not meant to be, because right now you are not making wool into yarn, you're making yourself into a spinner.

Approximately 1 out of 3 women will experience sexual and/or physical abuse in their lifetime and you still have men claiming that allegations must be false because there are too many of them. It’s actually the opposite. The vast majority allegations will never become public

Ok I am asking for opinions. Don’t fight! Electric vs hybrid car - what should I know? Any federal/MA state rebates for buying an EV? Other than range, what are the drawbacks of all electric? 1/2

Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.

Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.

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www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... My favorite part: “one tailor claimed she bewitched him to incorrectly sew sleeves on a jacket seven times in a row.” No Chad you fucked that up on your own Also it kills me that men STILL find the need to blame others for their faults.

What makes a woman a witch? Financial independence

Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’

theguardian.com

Today's daily reminder that the UAE is currently engaged in a genocide in Sudan using weapons they receive from the US and money they receive from our tourism dollars, and every celebrity who lives or vacations in Dubai or Abu Dhabi is knowingly funding it.

This. We have a recreational complex that has a bike path going to it (less than a mile long but it counts). There is: A pool A splash pad An ice skating rink Soccer and baseball fields A playground And there is literally ZERO bike parking. Like they couldn’t have installed ONE lousy bike rack???

TrainsBikesBus 🚂 🚲 🚌@trainsbikesbus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Truly the only things holding ppl back from biking is protected bike infrastructure and bike parking. Almost no thought given to where a bike can park once it arrives at a destination in the states

they definitely shouldn’t call it #flockout. that would be a terrible name

I wrote something, based on my conviction that the current moment calls for a new word. A nice, crisp word to indicate that something was made or done *without* AI. My proposal for this new word is ... zuzai. zuzai.org 1/2

Zuzai, a new word, indicates the absence of AI

About the word zuzai, coined to denote things made or done without artificial intelligence.

zuzai.org

Me: “I want everyone to be interested in peptides!” *monkey's paw curls*

One note: SHE-RA Otherwise it was perfect Ppl be like “this is bad” like what did you expect from a kid’s cartoon? Like Jabberjaw the movie doesn’t have to be an Oscar contender

Desert Cat@lakesidecat.bsky.social · 2w ago

Masters of the Universe is super fun! I laughed a lot but it still had heart and it really leaned into the 80s Saturday morning cartoon feel in a way that really worked. Just a super entertaining movie, A+ no notes.

What do SpaceX, the Paramount merger, and Mitch McConnell all have in common?

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

“.. SpaceX has delivered one of the weakest post-debut performances of any major U.S. listing since the end of the 2008-2009 financial crisis.” @barrons.com $SPCX www.barrons.com/articles/spa...